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privacy
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user
person who uses a computer or network service
avatar
graphical representation of the user or the user's alter ego or character
access control
selective restriction of access to a place or other resource, allowing only authorized users
privacy policy
statement or a legal document that discloses some or all of the ways a party gathers, uses, discloses, and manages a customer's or client's data
user profile
data about an individual user
online identity
social identity that an Internet user establishes in online communities and websites
password manager
software for storing and retrieving passwords/credentials
JSON Web Token
JSON-based open standard (RFC 7519) for passing claims between parties in web application environment
identity management
framework of policies and technologies for ensuring that the proper people in an enterprise have the appropriate access to technology resources
Security Assertion Markup Language
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML, pronounced SAM-el, ) is an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties, in particular, between an identity provider and a service provider. SAML is an XML-based markup language for security assertions (statements that service providers use to make access-control decisions). SAML is also:
A set of XML-based protocol messages
A set of protocol message bindings
A set of profiles (utilizing all of the above)
digital identity
information on an entity used by computer systems to represent an external agent
persona
fictional character created to represent the different user types within a targeted demographic
account verification
process of verifying that a new or existing account is owned and operated by a specified real individual or organization
PGP web of trust
mechanism for authenticating cryptographic keys
credential
A credential is a piece of any document that details a qualification, competence, or authority issued to an individual by a third party with a relevant or de facto authority or assumed competence to do so.
Okta
American information technology company

regulatory technology
business compliance technology
Windows CardSpace
discontinued identity selector app by Microsoft
federated identity
identity assurance in IT systems
self-sovereign identity
approach to digital identity in which the user generates and controls unique identifiers and stores identity data
electronic authentication
Process of establishing confidence in user identity
social profiling
process of constructing a social media user's profile using his or her social data. In general, profiling refers to the data science process of generating a person's profile with computerized algorithms and technology
identity provider
entity that manages identity information of users and provides authentication services to relying applications
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Multi-master replication
method of database replication
User-Managed Access
protocol for delegated authorization based on OAuth
privacy-enhancing technologies
method used to protect an online user's personally identifiable information (PII)
decentralized identifier
identifier that enables a verifiable, decentralized digital identity
OpenAM
OpenAM is an open-source access management, entitlements and federation server platform. Now it is supported by Open Identity Platform Community.
Persona
identity verification company
Service Provisioning Markup Language
XML-based framework
organizational unit
a way of classifying objects in computing
user group
grouping of users in computing as a way to simplify access control to computer systems
SAML 2.0
XML-based protocol for exchanging authentication and authorization identities between security domains
digital self-determination
human identity and digital technology